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2/23/23: DON’T CUDDLE THE ART
Feb 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Textile and ‘soft art’ exhibits around town; more folks’ downtown revival ideas; Councilmember Dan Strauss will run for re-election; Steinbrueck Park’s totem poles (probably) aren’t going away forever.

SPREADING THE WORD(S)
Nov 13th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

What those ‘HOMELESSNESS’ billboards are really about; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wins in 3rd Congressional District; nobody seems to want a big new airport except the planners and bureaucrats; Ingraham students staging citywide, anti-gun-violence walkout today.

10/13/22: HE’D BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
Oct 12th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Local doc profiles railway tycoon James Hill; labor judge slams Starbucks’ union busting; Nazi-sympathetic blogger had short-lived job with state GOP; security guard reportedly assaults handcuffed woman.

10/12/22: THE REAL FAULT IN OUR STARS
Oct 11th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

William Shatner on the sadness of space as seen from Jeff Bezos’ rocket; Seattle’s COVID ‘state of emergency’ to end; another post-CHOP report instructs SPD to ‘repair public trust;’ city of SeaTac to get the nation’s highest minimum wage (at least for some occupations).

9/22/22: VIRTUAL CUBICLES
Sep 21st, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Local firm’s ‘metaverse platform’ of virtual offices; Seattle’s building lots of (costly) apartments; SAM’s reimagining its ‘American art’ collection; wildfire smoke comes back to Seattle bigtime.

9/1/22: LITTLE BIG PEOPLE
Aug 31st, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Found objects used to make figures of ‘more than human’ subjects; youth jail confining more kids; LGBTQ-centric theater co. reopens after COVID shutdowns but can’t stay open; a reminder that there’s no Bumbershoot again this year.

8/23/22: BACK ON THE SKIDS
Aug 22nd, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

‘New Skid Road Theatre’ presents a Pioneer Square historical revue; how downtown is and isn’t recovering; salmon as a local Indigenous religion; UW prof’s new book shows red-state regimes as increasingly anti-democracy.

8/5/22: FROM HERFY’S TO HIGH-RISE
Aug 4th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Former burger-joint site to become 25 stories of ‘student’ housing; Comic Con will require masks after all; Reagan Dunn concedes Congressional run; Linda Derschang shrinks her food-drink empire.

7/7/22: THE LAST LONDON BROIL?
Jul 6th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Inquest jury sides with officers who killed Charleena Lyles; redevelopment threatens Wedgwood Broiler; Childhaven to leave Seattle, KCTS/Crosscut to move into its building; ‘Lid I-5’ movement gets an important endorsement.

3/29/22: PUTTING THE VIRTUE IN ‘VIRTUAL REALITY’
Mar 28th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Local company says its VR glasses help vision-impaired people to see better; tourism’s on a slight uptick here; ‘social housing’ city initiative drive gets underway; (almost) nothing about the Oscars.

1/14/22: A FISTFUL OF BALLARD
Jan 13th, 2022 by Clark Humphrey

Seattle-raised filmmaker at old ‘spaghetti western’ filming locales; student ‘sickout’ planned at several schools; non-emergency surgeries put on hold due to COVID surge; WA’s Cascade mountain passes all finally reopened.

10/13/21: GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT
Oct 12th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Northern lights’ local spectacle shines; Kraken’s regular-season launch thrills & disappoints; county council strips Kathy Lambert’s committee chairs; Boeing imposes employee vax mandate.

6/22/21: FUN WITH A (DEEPER) PURPOSE
Jun 22nd, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Online educational TV show for kids of color wins national awards; Black UW Police officers claim racist abuse; a major city landmark reopens at last; Microsoft hits $2 trillion in total stock valuation.

5/31/21: USE YOUR NOODLE(S)
May 30th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Fun, food-esque street art in Maynard Alley; massive Alki Beach party broken up; officers charged in Manny Ellis’ death plead not guilty; mass grave found at a former BC boarding school for Indigenous children.

5/25/21: DID YOU SAW WHAT I SAW?
May 24th, 2021 by Clark Humphrey

Tacoma park art has a giant saw and a ‘ghost log’; Alaska cruises coming back; ex-SPD Chief Best’s hints about who ordered the East Precinct emptied last June; Kshama Sawant and Jean Godden both disdain the ‘Compassion Seattle’ charter-amendment campaign.

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